In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Bardaie is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Muhamad Zohadie. The word "bin"/"ibn" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
Muhamad Zohadie bin Bardaie is a Malaysian academic administrator. He was the fourth Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Putra Malaysia,serving from 18 April 2001 until 31 December 2005. Currently,he is one of the three Pro-Chancellors in UPM,the other two are Tengku Amir Shah and Peter Chin Fah Kui.
After completed his secondary education in Klang High School,Zohadie finished Diploma in Agriculture from College of Agriculture Malaya in 1971. Then,he furthered his study in University of California,Davis,obtained his Bachelor's degree in 1974,and Master degree in 1975,both in field of engineering. In 1979,he completed Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from Cornell University,focused in Agricultural Engineering.[1]
Career
Zohadie was a lecturer in Faculty of Engineering in UPM,he has been ranked as Associate Professor in 1982 and Professor in 1993. He held the post as Dean of the faculty from 1988 until 1993.[2] After that,he served as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Development and Financial) from August 1993 until July 1999. He was appointed as Vice Chancellor of UPM in 2001,and then resigned in 2005.[1]
The reason he resigned from the office is due to conflict between himself and the Minister of Higher Education at that time,Shafie Salleh. Zohadie disagree on ministry's decision to transfer an academic programme (Aerospace Engineering) from UPM to UKM,and publicly satirising the minister with poetry. Although the programme retained by UPM at last,Zohadie resigned from the post few months later,and Shafie replaced by Mustapa Mohamed after the cabinet reshuffled in early 2006.
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